America in the Air War (The Epic of Flight)
By: by Edward Jablonski and the editors of Time-Life Books
Contributors: Time-Life Books
Series: The Epic of Flight
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780809433438; 9780809433421; 9780809433414
Subjects: United States; United States. Army. Air Corps; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; History
Description: When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 172.